2014 Event A study announced today that high levels of vitamin D in the blood may increase the probability of survival for breast cancer patients 1987 Death Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Auschwitz), dies at 67 1950 Birthday Glyn Ford, born in Gloucester, England, politician, author, Labor Party, member of Gibraltar Socialist Labor Party, Member of European Parliament for South West England, expert on Asia, wrote, 'North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival' 1937 Birthday Gary Lockwood, born in Van Nuys, California, actor, 2001, Survival Zone, Lieutenant 1919 Birthday Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer, Survival in Aushchwitz 1917 Birthday Barry Commoner, born in Brooklyn, New York, biologist, Science and Survival